IFPRI SPECIAL EVENT: Tales of yield improvement - 4/5/2018

Rapid Fire Presenter:
-  James W. Jones, Distinguished Professor and Director, Florida Climate Institute (currently at the National Science Foundation)
 
Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and more adaptive institutions? Can yield growth help reduce environmental damages from agriculture, and help end hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity?
 
A distinguished set of experts will address these questions through a series of rapid-fire presentations to honor Mark Rosegrant’s work at IFPRI over the last 40 years.

IFPRI SPECIAL EVENT: Tales of yield improvement - 4/5/2018 - JJones

Rapid Fire Presenter: Morven McLean, Executive Director, International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Research Foundation

Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and more adaptive institutions? Can yield growth help reduce environmental damages from agriculture, and help end hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity?

A distinguished set of experts will address these questions through a series of rapid-fire presentations to honor Mark Rosegrant’s work at IFPRI over the last 40 years.

IFPRI SPECIAL EVENT: Tales of yield improvement - 4/5/2018 - MMclean

Rapid Fire Presenter: James A. Roumasset, Professor Emeritus, University of Hawai'i-Monoa

Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and more adaptive institutions? Can yield growth help reduce environmental damages from agriculture, and help end hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity?

A distinguished set of experts will address these questions through a series of rapid-fire presentations to honor Mark Rosegrant’s work at IFPRI over the last 40 years.

IFPRI SPECIAL EVENT: Tales of yield improvement - 4/5/2018 - JRoumasset

Rapid Fire Presenter: Jikun Huang, Professor of Agricultural Economics, China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP)，Peking University

Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and more adaptive institutions? Can yield growth help reduce environmental damages from agriculture, and help end hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity?

A distinguished set of experts will address these questions through a series of rapid-fire presentations to honor Mark Rosegrant’s work at IFPRI over the last 40 years.

IFPRI SPECIAL EVENT: Tales of yield improvement - 4/5/2018 - JHuang

Rapid Fire Presenter: Prabhu Pingali, Director of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, Cornell University

Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and more adaptive institutions? Can yield growth help reduce environmental damages from agriculture, and help end hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity?

A distinguished set of experts will address these questions through a series of rapid-fire presentations to honor Mark Rosegrant’s work at IFPRI over the last 40 years.

IFPRI SPECIAL EVENT: Tales of yield improvement - 4/5/2018 - PPingali

Rapid Fire Presenter:Saharah Moon Chapotin, Executive Director, United States Botanic Garden

Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and more adaptive institutions? Can yield growth help reduce environmental damages from agriculture, and help end hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity?

A distinguished set of experts will address these questions through a series of rapid-fire presentations to honor Mark Rosegrant’s work at IFPRI over the last 40 years.

IFPRI SPECIAL EVENT: Tales of yield improvement - 4/5/2018 - SMChapotin

Reflections: Mark Rosegrant, Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI
 
Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and more adaptive institutions? Can yield growth help reduce environmental damages from agriculture, and help end hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity?
 
A distinguished set of experts will address these questions through a series of rapid-fire presentations to honor Mark Rosegrant’s work at IFPRI over the last 40 years.

IFPRI SPECIAL EVENT: Tales of yield improvement - 4/5/2018 - MRosegrant

Discussant: Stanley Wood, Senior Program Officer, Agricultural Development, ‎Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
 
Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and more adaptive institutions? Can yield growth help reduce environmental damages from agriculture, and help end hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity?
 
A distinguished set of experts will address these questions through a series of rapid-fire presentations to honor Mark Rosegrant’s work at IFPRI over the last 40 years.

IFPRI SPECIAL EVENT: Tales of yield improvement - 4/5/2018 - SWood

Closing Remarks: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI.
 
Yield growth is essential for people and the planet. But what should we breed and for what should we breed under a more erratic climate, growing natural resource scarcity and new disease threats? What is the role for better agricultural and food systems management and more adaptive institutions? Can yield growth help reduce environmental damages from agriculture, and help end hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity?
 
A distinguished set of experts will address these questions through a series of rapid-fire presentations to honor Mark Rosegrant’s work at IFPRI over the last 40 years.

IFPRI SPECIAL EVENT: Tales of yield improvement - 4/5/2018 - SFAN

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Established in 1975, IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 50 countries. It is a research center of CGIAR, a worldwide partnership engaged in agricultural research for development.